Basics of Econ through Google Search

1. Economic Basics through
Google Search

2. SCARCITY
Using Google, search for “scarcity”
How many results?
Which site on the first page seems the most helpful?

3. SCARCITY
Using Google, search for “economic scarcity”
How many results?
Why did the number change?
Which site on the first page seems the most helpful?

4. SCARCITY
Using Google advanced search, search for “economic
scarcity” with “.edu” as the domain suffix
How many results?
How many sites on the first page seem helpful?
Which are helpful?
Why are they helpful? (copy and paste the URL’s and

5. SCARCITY
Using Google advanced search, search for “economic
scarcity” with “.edu” as the domain suffix and “Microso$
Powerpoint .ppt” as the filetype.
How many results?
How many sites on the first page seem helpful?
Which are helpful?

6. SCARCITY
How could you refine this search more tightly to provide
fewer and better results?
From this search, which three sites are you going to use for
your project?